by Don Maruska | Sep 13, 2017 | Business Growth
Do you know as much about your competitors as you do about your own organization? Whether you are a hard-driving business or a non-profit striving to do good, you need to know about your competition. By competition, I mean where else your ideal customers, investors,...
by Don Maruska | Apr 12, 2017 | Everything Else
Why is change so difficult? Changes in technology and the economy challenge us to shift how we work. Yet, we flounder in our responses. Rarely, are the primary problems with change technical in nature. Rather, the problems arise in how people react to the changes. New...
by Don Maruska | Dec 8, 2016 | Business Growth
It’s easy to have blinders on about our own business. We miss areas of vulnerability to economic changes and competition. No one is too big or too strong to fail. We learned that when some of the financial institutions went out of business in the Great Recession. So,...
by Don Maruska | May 31, 2016 | Career Tools
Networking and community building provide critical resources for business success. The first and foremost thing to remember about successful networking is that it’s not about you. It’s about the other people. Figure out how you can be interested in them...
by Don Maruska | Mar 9, 2016 | Business Growth
Entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart. It takes not only great ideas but also a lot of grit and determination. In a world where each of us needs to take responsibility for our careers, everyone needs to act like an entrepreneur. Often overlooked are some...
